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The United States has approved a $500 million sale of munitions for Saudi Arabia to replenish the depleted supplies from its ongoing military aggression in Yemen, the US War Security Cooperation Agency [DSCA] said in a statement on Wednesday, according to Sputnik news website.

DSCA said in a statement on Wednesday: "The proposed sale will resupply the Royal Saudi Land Forces [RSLF] with the munitions it needs to continue to protect Saudi Arabia’s southern border from ongoing attacks..."

The sale includes light firearm ammunition, tracers, artillery shells and mines.

The sale was approved as Saudi Arabia has come under criticism for human rights abuses and violations of the international laws of war by targeting and killing civilians during the four-month air and military aggression in Yemen.

On March 26, the Saudi-led coalition of mostly Arab states, supported by US intelligence and refuelling, began an air aggression against Yemen. The airstrikes have not been authorized by the UN.